E. L. COOPER was elected to this office (Treasurer) in 1857, and entering upon the discharge of duties, was re-elected in 1859. He served in all four years.
EDMUND L. COOPER came to Greene county, April 16, 1836, settling about a mile west of Wrightsville, on the place now owned by Mrs. Margaret Cooper, which he purchased of James Davidson, but which was originally settled by Dr. Thaxton. Mr. Cooper was born in Lawrence county, Va., Sept. 24, 1799. He was a son of James and Mildred (Smith) Cooper, also natives of Virginia. When six years of age our subject, with his parents, removed to Kentucky, where he lived until coming to this county. His father died in Kentucky, in 1826, and his mother in 1823. Edmund Cooper was married, in Kentucky, Nov. 28, 1822, to Mary M. Perry, a native of Lawrence county, Va. They were the parents of nine children - Mildred A., deceased; James P., deceased; William T., deceased; Robert R., Emeline E., Edmund M., Adrienne A., Cornelia F., deceased, and Varinda J., deceased. Mr. Cooper was assessor and treasurer of the county during the years 1853 and 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are still living, and make their home with their daughter, Emeline E. Cunningham. They are about the oldest couple living in the county, the former being in his 87th year, and the latter in her 93rd year.